Improvement in seeding-machines



B. WIELAND.V

Grai Drill.

Patented/aug. 15, 1865'.

Inventor," @M

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

BENJN. WIELAND, OF ORANGEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEEDING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,460, dated August 15, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN WIELAND, oi Orangeville,in the county oll Stephenson and State ot' Illinois, haveinvented a new and Improved Seeding-Machine; and I do hereby de clare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specilication.

Thisinvention relates to a new and improved seeding-machine for sowing seed broadcast,

and to be attached to any plow, so lhat `the operations of plowing and sowing the seed ma y be simultaneously performed and a great econom y ef'ected in labor.

In the accompanying dra-wings, Figure 1, Sheet No. 1, is a plan or top view otl my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section ot' the same, taken in the line xx, Fig. l; Fig. 3, Sheet No. 2, a vertical section ofthe same, taken `in the lineyy, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a vertical section ot' the same, taken in the line z z, Fig.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents a rectangular frame, which is aixed horizontally to a plow-beam, and O is a smaller frame on A, and connected to it by hinges orjoints. The frame A is attached to the beam B by means ot' staples or clips D', so arranged as to admit of the frame being adjusted laterally, as may be required.

In the under side of the hinged frame O there is itted a shaft,'D, having a wheel, E, on its outer end, and on the frame O there is secured a hopper, F, in which the seed-distribnting apparatusisplaced. Acylinderor otherdevicesuch as agitators--may be used for this purpose. When a cylinder, G, is used it has its peripheryY provided with seed-cells b, and the cylinder works below an aperture, c, in a doubleinclined partition-plate, H, in the hopper. This cylinder is driven by aband from the shalt l). lf agitators be used, they may be attached to the shaft d ofthe cylinder Gr, and a reciprocating or oscillating movement given i ing attached to the gage-wheel J ofthe plow` beam, and the pitrnan `I attached to a crank, .j, at one end ot' a sl1ai't,-K, which passes through the hopper' and is operated by a belt troni shaft D.

The bottom of the hopper` F is inclined, and so formed as to conduct the seed to a slide-gate, L, at one side ot' tlrehopper, by -adjusting which the capacity ot' the discharge-apexture may be regulated as desired, and the aperture may bc entirely closi d temporarily` at any time by means of a pivoteu gate, M, having a lever, N, attached to it. (See Fie. 2.) i

The seed is conducted from the hopper by means ot' a spout, O, to an inclined receptacle, P, iitted on parallel rods Q Q in the frame A, and is provided with a discharge device composed ot' a convex plate divided into'a series ot'ran-like troughs by radial ledges g. This receptacle Pis vihrated by means ot' a lever, R.

Thus by this simple means seed may be sown during the plowing operation.

The object in having the hopper-frame O connected to the trame A by hinges is that the device may operate perfectly oil uneven ground.

H aving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the plow-beam B, hop per F, and inclined vibrator-y seed-receptacle l), whenthe parts are arranged with relation toeach other and provided with the accessory' appurtenances herein described and repre- 

